By Kirsten Ripper & Euronews with AP

Published on

16/06/2026 - 17:33 GMT+2

In the North Atlantic south of Greenland lies the so‑called "cold blob", a mysterious patch of cold that is considered the only place on Earth where it has actually become colder over recent decades.

A team led by Prof Dr Stefan Rahmstorf from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) has now published a new study on the "warming hole" in the Atlantic Ocean in Geophysical Research Letters (source in German).